Filippo Brunelleschi

OBJECTIVE: Designer for Cathedrals

SUMMARY: A few of my designs
  • Pazzi Chapel
  • Church of the Santi Apostoli
  • The Cupola of the Octagonal Baptistery
  • Citadel and in Volterra
  • S. Lorenzo Church
  • Old Sacristy

EDUCATION:
  • Trained as a goldsmith and as a silk guild when I was young
  • Trained by Paolo Toscanelli: a merchant, doctor, scientist and mathematician who taught me the laws of geometry
  • Apprenticed by Toscanelli

EXPIERENCE:
Developed the principles of one-point perspective with my friend Donatello
Spent many years in Rome studying architecture

ACTIVITES:
  • Also a master gold smith
  • Also a sculptor